Drying and winding machine.



3. S. JOHNSTO'N DRYiNG AND WINDING MACHINE.

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DRYING AND WINDING MACHINE.

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Patented July 11, 1916.

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J. S. JOHNSTON.

DRYING AND WINDING MACHINE.

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JAMES S. JOHNSTON, OFIUTICAQNEW YQRK.

DRYING AND WINDING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 11, 1916.

I Application filed September 11, 1911-. Serial No.'648,731.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES a citizen of the United States, residing in Utica, in the county of Oneida andState of- New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Art of Drying and WVinding Machines, of which the following is a specification. My invention relates to a drying and winding machine and I declare the following to be a full, clear, concise and exact description thereof sufiicient to enable anyone skilled in In the drawings: Flgure 1 1s an'elevation' of a drier-head 'or rolling up mechanism adapted for accumulating the treated fabric; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view ofthe' drierhead showing parts in section; Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary view of a detail of the drier-head; Fig.4 is an elevationof the drying portion of the machine together with the stretching device; Fig. 5 is a plan view in cross section of a portion of the fabric stretching device; Fig. 6 is a'top plan view of the fabric stretching device; Fig. 7 is a front elevation of the drying and winding machine; Fig. 8 is an enlarged detail view, showing the teeth of the variable gear 40.

Referring more particularly to the dr'awings a drier head frame is mounted on. a sup-. porting element which consists of a base 8, extending from which are two brackets 9 and 10, suitably secured in place by bolts 11 and 12. In the body of brackets 9 and 10 are openings 13 and 14, in which are mounted S. JOHNSTON,

drier-head. From beam 23 there extends two arms 24 and 25in which are journaled thecustomary rollers 26 and 27, whose functions will be explained.

. By reference to Fig. 1 it may be observed that instead of providing the toothed members 21 and 22, the drier-head may be movably mounted relative to the brackets 9 and 10. Y

. 'Within the bracket portion, and above, the base 8, there 'islocated abeveled gear 28-, that meshes with a beveled pinion 29, fixedly mounted on the shaft 19. Gear 28 is keyed to shaft 30, journaled on the outside of the member 23 of the frame. To shaft'30 is secured a sprocket wheel 31. In connection with arm 24 there is mounted a shaft'32 on theupper end of which shaft is'disposed a sprocket wheel 33, connected to wheel 31, through a sprocket chain 34, (see Fig. 2). Shaft 32, is journaled in a screw-threaded bushing 35, mounted on the frame and also in a lug 36 and carries the pinion 37, that is supported for vertical movementby a sleeve 38, that can 'be raised and lowered, at will, and sustained in varied positions by a detent member 39, which loosely supports the sleeve 38 andis suitably fastened to the frame 24. The purpose of elevating and lowering the pinion 37 isto permit the same to mesh with a variable'gear40, whereby the roller 26, to whichthe gear 40 is attached may run slower or faster in accordance with the speed required in drying either ;light or heavy fabrics.

Mounted on arms 24 and 25 of thehead,

spectively,. to travel in opposed directions I along a guide bar 46, whereby to, accommodate different widths of goods being treated, and to guide said fabricibetweelr the correspondingly located rollers 4747, there being twoof the same, the one situated in the rear of the 'other, as viewed from Figs. 1 and'7, and the roller 26,.on to the roller 48, adapted to move vertically in suitable slots formedin the arms 24 and 25 and to be rotated by contact withthe rotatable roller 26,-as described more "fully in my patent granted May 16, 1899, No. 625,169; The roller 47 in therear of the.

one viewed in Figs. 1 and 7, is mounted in bearings in the arms 24 and 25. The roller 47 in the front, as viewed in Figs. 1 and 7, is mounted in the elongated bearings 9090, whereby the same maybe pushed up out of the way from the adjacent roller 47, when removing the spreader.

Above the roller 48, there is disposed a gravity roller 48 adapted to move in the said slots formed in the arms 24 and 25 in which slots the shaft of the roller 48 moves, whereby to hold the winding fabric in place upon the roller 48.

Disposed beneath the head piece, is a base 49, having bearings 50, which suitably support adjustable uprights 51, extending beyond base 49 in variable lengths to accommodate for such inequalities as may be found to exist. The adjustment of uprights 51 is effected by screw-threading the same as at 52. The upper ends of the uprights 51 are also screw-threaded, to receive jam nuts 53, upon which rests a sub-base 54, provided with pockets 55, into which the upper ends of the uprights 51 project before receiving another nut 56.

In the base of each of the pockets 55, there is an elongated opening 560, adapted for allowing the sub-base 54, to be tilted, at will, with respect to base 49 and uprights 51, whereby the pipe 63 may be tilted to a limited degree, when assembling the drier or under the influence of the fabric while the same is being withdrawn from the tube 63 during the operation of the device. In the pockets 55 and surrounding the up rights 51 are the spiral springs 57, adapted to compel the sub-base 54 to automatically assume its normal horizontal position.

Mounted upon the sub base' 54 and upon the ball bearings 58, carried in the race 580, in the sub-base 54, is a rotatively movable head 59, having an opening 60, and provided with a pipe 61, which communicates with a hot air feed pipe 62, shown in Figs. 4 and 7, and a considerably elongated hot air pipe 63, that is sleeved to the pipe 61 and held thereon in adjustable position by set screws.

The head 59 is held in place upon the sub base 54 by the detaining members 76, secured to the sub base 54 by the bolts 95. The members 76 house the balls 77, at their free ends, which balls bear against the upper surface of the head 59, whereby to lessen the friction of the said head 59 with the adjacent portions of the members 76.

Clamped or otherwise secured upon pipe 63 are the bracketsv 64, which support a cloth table 65 adapted for piling the fabric that has been drawn on to the pipe 63, in an accumulated manner.

A spider or member 66 secured to the upperredge of the pipe 63 supports a spreader that comprises a low r ring 6.7 of small dimensions, and two upper rings 68 and 69 and a bar 7 0 that are respectively united by rods, substantially in the following manner.

By reference to Figs. 4, 5, and 6, it will appear that the rods 71 connecting rings 67 and 68 are set in the ring 68 between rods 72 that connected ring 68 to ring 69. Rods 73 that connect ring 69 with bar are disposed between rods 72. The object of so relatively disposing rods 71, 72, and 73 in the spreader, is to create a convenient method of assembling the spreader, and for separating the same when packing for shipment. By reference to Fig. 6 is will be observed that the laterally located wires extend to the outer parts of bar 70, serve as guides to carry the goods up and over bar 7 0, during the stretching process.

The spreader has secured thereto a stud or spindle 74, whose lower end is detachably held to the spider 66 and is swiveled therein, whereby the pipe 63 and the pipe 61, to which it is connected by set screws, may be permitted to turn upon its bearings 58, independent of the spreader or drier head frame.

Movably mounted upon the rings 68 and 69 are the yielding rings 80, which overtake said rings and are provided with a multiplicity of apertures through which project the faces of balls 75, over which the goods or fabric travels.

The operation of the device is effected by first removing the spreader frame from off the pipe 53 and then disposing in an accumulated manner over pipe 63, while still connected with the pipe 61, the goods, or tubular fabric,-after the same has been washed, bleached, orsimilarly treated and while yet wet. The disposition of the fabric over the pipe 63 is facilitated by tilting the pipe 63, made possible because of the yielding construction of the sub-base 54, connected to the head 59 by the detaining members'7 6. -The accumulated goods will come to rest upon the table 65. The spreader is then disposed in assembled position over the upper end of pipe 63, by placing the lower end in spider 66 and then pushing down ward, upon the upper delivery end bar 70 until the delivery end or bar 70 is free to clear the rollers 47 v and finally disposed therebetween. The end of the fabric is then passed up over the spreader and between the rollers 4747. The hot air blast is now applied and the drawing mechanism is started, whereupon the fabric after passing the rollers 47 is accumulated upon the roller 48. As aforementioned, the device effects the accumulation of the fabric on the roller 48 with the courses or wales of the fabric perfectly parallel with the axis of the roll and the edges at the ends of the roll true and even. The fabric being free from any twists which. are taken out by the rotation of the table by hand, if necessary. From the tube 63, where the fabric is dried, the fabric passes onto the spreader by which it is opened or expanded until it passes the delivery end of the spreader at bar on between the rollers 47 to the roller 48. The passage of the fabric over the spreader is facilitated by means of the balls 75, which tend to lessen the friction.

By locating the roller-driving mechanism and the bearings therefor, on the outside of the frame, the lubricant cannot drip on to the goods being wound upon the roller 26.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A base or stand for fabric drying tubes embodying a relatively fixed table, a relatively rotatable tube-supporting head arranged above the same, and anti-friction roller bearings arranged between the table and head for rotatably supporting the latter.

2. A base for fabric drying tubes embodying a relatively fixed support, a fabricreceiving tube, and a head carrying said tube, said head and tube being freely rotatable relatively to said supportand also capable of universal tilting motion under the influence of the fabric while the latter is being withdrawn from the tube.

3. A base for fabric drying tubes embodying a relatively fixed support, a fabricreceiving tube, and a head carrying said tube, said head and tube being capable of universal tilting motion under the influence of the fabric while the latter is beingwithdrawn from the tube.

4. In a drying and Winding machine, the combination of means for winding a fabric on a roller, means for stretching said fabric before the same is wound, a pipe adapted for the entrance of a hot air blast for drying said fabric, and a mounting for said pipe, whereby the same may be tilted to facilitate the disposition of the fabricthereon.

5. In a drying and winding machine, the combination of a pipe adapted for the admission of hot air for drying a fabric, and means for restraining the tilting and returning the pipe to normal position, said means comprising a base, a subbase, adjustable uprights, whereby to hold said subbase at any given distance from said base and pockets in said sub-base and springs.

6. In a drying and winding machine, a base, a subbase, adjustable uprights for holding said sub-base at given distances from said base, pockets in said sub-base, springs in said pockets, whereby to hold said sub-base in normal position with reference to said base, and a movable plate mounted upon said sub-base.

7. In a drying and winding machine of the character described, the combination of a frame supporting a roller for Winding a fabric thereon in an accumulated manner,

means for regulating the speed of saidv roller, a stretcher comprising an upper and a lower ring united by rods for spreadlng sald fabric, a tube adapted for the entrance of a hot air blast for drying said fabric, and

a mounting for said pipe, whereby the said pipe may be permitted to tilt for the disposition of the fabric thereon.

8. In a drying and winding machine, the combination of means for winding a fabric on a roller, means for regulating the speed of said roller, means for stretching said fabric before the same is wound, a pipe adapted for the entrance of a hot air blast,

whereby to dry said fabric, and a mounting for said pipe, whereby the same maybe tilted for the disposition of the fabric thereon.

9. In a drying and winding machine, a pipe adapted for the admission of hot air for drying a fabric, a relatively fixed base, a sub-base, and adjustable uprights whereby to hold said sub-base at a given distance from said base.

10. A base or stand for fabric drying August, 1911.

JAMES S. JOHNSTON.

Witnesses:

FRED. W. BARNAELO, GEORGE MERRY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing. the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

